No, actually, it WAS a genocide of sorts. "Kill the Indian, save the man" was the policy on the books up until quite recently. Native babies taken from their family to be raised in a Christian boarding school: their hair cut, their clothes replaced with western style, and harsh punishment/abuse if they dared speak their native tongue. To practice any native religion was technically illegal up until 1978. In 1863 President Lincoln decreed the largest one-day execution in American history - 38 Dakota men - the same year as the emancipation proclamation. Native Americans on the whole experience historic trauma from the events of the past, and it's a growing field of study, and awareness is growing http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/challenges/trauma.html .

Know about the link between being a redhead, or even the offspring of a redhead, and the need more numbing shots/anesthesia. I usually need double the Novacain to numb me up. Not all dentists I've seen know about this, and they just think I'm being a baby about the pain…

My 1997 Subaru Legacy Outback's headgasket blew, and it was going to cost too many thousands of dollars to have the engine rebuilt. I wasn't flush with cash at the time, so over the course of several days I was struggling with the decision of whether to repair the car, or just buy a new one.

I was having a very hard time deciding, and so in exasperation I said out loud to myself "god i can't decide, give me a sign!" I wasn't praying, i was using the word god for emphasis, like when you say "oh my god" if you hear something crazy.

The next day I was pulling out of my gym's parking lot, which i do many days a week, and see that a new sign has been put up above a previously vacant store front. The sign says "Preserve Your Legacy". I laughed, took the sign literally, and got my car repaired.

“The 30-day mortality rate after hip fracture is about 9 percent. It rises to 17 percent if the patient already has an acute medical problem. If a patient has heart failure while being treated for a hip fracture, the 30-day mortality increases to 65 percent. And if a patient has pneumonia after a hip fracture, the 30-day mortality increases to 43 percent.”
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/jan13/clinical9.asp

Tuvinian (Soyot) (north of Mongolia):
The giant frog (or turtle) which supported the earth moved, which caused the cosmic ocean to begin flooding the earth. An old man who had guessed something like this would happen built an iron-reinforced raft, boarded it with his family, and was saved. When the waters receded, the raft was left on a high wooded mountain, where, it is said, it remains today. After the flood, Kezer-Tshingis-Kaira-Khan created everything around us. Among other things, he taught people how to make strong liquor.

Could be something as simple as being there for someone else. Someone for whom the loss of your life would be a complete devastation. You are loved, and people need you here for a while longer. Have a happy new year! : )